1┃mirage-league

[quaint seal]

i basically just want her to survive and cast despair + black hole and give me the aura. i dont care her damage

[wet plaza]

mine has kaoms binding, curse on hit stuff i want, dying breath, leer cast, eternal struggle and she barely dies

[spiral ice]

I didnt test yet, but if your shavs rings are cheap you can try and see if they even have mana

[spiral ice]

what is kaoms binding?

hmm, google found it but search in wiki didnt

[wet plaza]

helps a ton with phys dmg

[spiral ice]

seems good yea

[void kindle]

make sure you're on poewiki.net

[spiral ice]

i typed like this cos expected it to work, but i guess its diff

[void kindle]

ye it's not great

[spiral ice]

good enough

i instead of lear cast went this

[wet plaza]

way better

[spiral ice]

i dont exactly undrstand how those helmet works, thats not - resist for physical right?

everything else i seems to be able to see under boss effect, but phys is actually more multiplier

f hell wtf are those prices

[wet plaza]

phys mod should work like any increased dmg taken so wither, shocked etc

[spiral ice]

this might be useful, i dont care much if she has to recast it

and this

[ancient shore]

whats the best mine/trap build this league?

[stoic cargo]

what is the best way to reset the betrayal board (or at least clean it up)?

[spiral rivet]

trying to find info on the merc ability inspiring cry how much increased damage is it on a 84 merc?

[agile hemlock]

in theory frostblink mines, exsang/reap in practice (frostblink mines have a weird bug). Explosive trap trickster is also up there.

of course, using the admiral with a doryani merc

don't think there are any decent lightning mines/trap that really stand out.

[ancient shore]

exsang/reap is cold damage tho.. would the doryiani merc still work? frostblink is cold too

[queen cedar]

that's what the admiral is for

[agile hemlock]

curtain call EB inquis can't do risk farming, so that locks you out of the meta pretty hard, and it's a two ascendancy point build.

[agile hemlock]

Elemental Damage you Deal with Hits is Resisted by lowest Elemental Resistance instead
the admiral has this delightful line

[ancient shore]

oooooooh

so it doesnt have to be a lighting wrath merc... can just be whatever

didnt know that

[agile hemlock]

yea, you'd want hatred/zealotry or defensive auras, idk what combos actually exist

[ancient shore]

only downside is you gotta wear the admiral 😉

[agile hemlock]

indeed

oh, corrupted admirals are also insanely expensive

since it drops from a unique contract

[jagged surge]

When running this merc, how do I make sure that my Assassins Mark + Mark on hit works, considering she has Poachers?

[whole tide]

hows called that ring on the left?

[queen cedar]

you run maps until you find a bow merc that doesn't have poachers mark

i don't think there is a better way

[jagged surge]

Squirming Terror - spawns worm to kill for Adrenaline (I have Death Rush equipped)

[jagged surge]

Damn. I was searching for Haste+Grace for almost a week, now I need another one? 😭

[queen cedar]

actually maybe you can equip her with gruthkul's pelt, that should disable the mark

and I think it might not disable the auras, not sure though

[sterile atlas]

Takes a ring, but couldn't you just set their curse limit to 0

(rep. doedre's damning)

[queen cedar]

oh yeah forgot about that

[spiral ice]

they are weird, they dont use curses if already cursed, so i guess your on hit would just work

[nova galleon]

Can anybody provide me with a screenshot of their merc with Endure + Determination and 2H weapon ? Should be a Earthatter one

So i know im not chasing ghosts

Like it should be possible shouldnt it ?

[sonic field]

check if earthshakers can have 2 hand weps

[nova galleon]

That i know they can

Ive been looking for 4 days now

[somber berry]

Im having insane lag and i almost died in lab 1 izaro 1 cuz of it

[elfin hedge]

does path of building have an inbuilt way of calculating what glorious vanity i need

i cant figure this other calculator out

oh i think it was a firefox problem

[scarlet sun]

getting close to my first mirror of the league

[tulip kayak]

there's a poedb page on merc builds??

[raw smelt]

this is my favorite league I have ever played, I got two characters to 90+ and just started a 3rd and I think im actually gonna make it all the way to endgame with this one too. :D

most leagues I only do one character, rarely 2 if its a good league. Never done 3 characters in one league. Gonna try out necromancer

[vague scarab]

what would be a good boss killer as a 2nd character in SSF ? maybe BAMA ? which ascendancy ?

[quasi verge]

I'm thinking of rerolling a league ending currency spending build. Let's say I have 100D, so no mageblood yet, but 2 builds I'm trying to understand differecnces between is a "armor stacker" scion or a smite trickster.

Any feel like explaining core differences between these two archtypes - both seem to use smite (or similar strike skill)?

[sonic field]

no mb crosses out arma stack

trickster just uses ephemeral edge and stacks tons of es for flat

[coarse rain]

Does Rathpit Globe work on mercenaries? my KB kineticist doesn't seem to be getting increased damage from its untouched soul hp

[limpid basin]

ruetoo was using it so probably

maybe its just the tooltip/etc not reflecting properly

[limpid basin]

one is armour stack aura stack, one is just es stack

armour stacker is way too expensive for you yeah

smite trickster is gonna be a bit zdps on 100d though

[coarse rain]

Ruetoo swapped over to the most confusing endurance charge shield ever, yet all the gear is still health stacking as far as I can see. obv I can't see the new socket colors on the PoB

[fluid onyx]

what is a good amulet to a mearc that is not the lucky damage toe?

[sonic field]

the one that drops from the weaker bosses before exarch/eater

with the cull enabled

[fluid onyx]

good timing. im actually sitting and reading through the stuff taht amulet can give 😛

any recomendation for implicits? curently thinking maybe curse effect since aura effect is very expensive

[queen cedar]

too annoying to get a specific one imo, just make sure it has exarch dominant so you get the cull

[fluid onyx]

okay thanks alot for the help!
on the topic of spicy amulets for mearcs.
If i have a mearc with zealoty. and i give him this annint to make fungal ground. do i still make concecrated ground? and can fungal ground and concecrated ground stack?

[limpid basin]

yes and yes i think

[fluid onyx]

since i have a watchers eye that gives me crit when enemies is on concecrated ground

[sonic field]

if they fixed zealotry on mercs then yes

[fluid onyx]

was it broken?

[sonic field]

the cons ground doesnt work yes

or didnt

depends if its fixed or nah

[fluid onyx]

might hold back with taht tech than for a while

jus tgonna test

it looks like he do make conc ground

[mighty temple]

Is ther a way for me to determine exactly how much hp do various pinnacle bosses have? Poedb seems seems to show pretty much everything except for that one thing

[queen cedar]

wiki might have the numbers

[mighty temple]

only a few of them do

[fluid onyx]

is there a way to make the game less laggy and freezing? running breach and just had the game glitch so hard out on me taht a clone of me spawned nest to me and started following my moves.
i straight up cant move or do anything when my screen dissaperes

[stray venture]

How hard is simulacrum? I finally got enough splinters to make one

[agile hemlock]

It's one of the hardest things in the game.

[stray venture]

So... I'll pass for now haha

[agile hemlock]

You will generally want to tailor your defenses to it on a reasonable build

[stray venture]

Im cyclone/life leech, if it doesn't 1 shot me, I can live XD

4500hp. max defs, 20 stacks of fortifications, 5 end charges

[fluid onyx]

are you 100% immune to ailment and curses? also crit immune helps alot

[stray venture]

I am now

not*

[mighty temple]

what combination of scarabs should i use to farm abyss? I was thinking 1 edifice 1 multitudes 1 profound depths and 2 risks, using map device craft to trigger the abyss?
Anyway, just how good are risk scarabs? Is it really worth it even when it can brick the map?

[fluid onyx]

casue simulacrum has a nasty habbit of hitting you with everything under the sun when it comes to ailments

but try one out

[stray venture]

Im only immune to stuns, able to mitigate frozen. Those were the big ones that I hated

[fluid onyx]

it often apply stuff like schorch to you, wich lowers your elemental resistance. and than it has a giant amount of added elemental damage. which is usually what has killed me

but you can propperly do 10 waves

[stray venture]

you get a reward per wave tho right? So even if I dont complete, its still possibly worth it?

[fluid onyx]

most likley pays for it self

[agile hemlock]

Usually people say you want to hit 6 to 7 rewards to have running sims be worth the time. But you probably won't make a loss, yeah.

[craggy ice]

Over 130 maps for a 2 aura cruel mistress

[floral drum]

question: if im doing ONLY chaos dmg, the physical reflect doesnt concern me, right? even tho im converting physical dmg into extra chaos dmg, right?

[sterile atlas]

Correct

[floral drum]

tyty

and chaos is not an elemental type, so the elemental reflect doesnt concern me either, if i read it right

[stray venture]

Yep, Wave 10 deleted me haha

[stray venture]

Jesus christ simul is NUTS

[floral drum]

thanks Yohsene

[sterile atlas]

Yeah, pure chaos damage doesn't struggle with reflection mods.

Reflected damage can technically be(come) chaos, but you'd need to be shifting it to chaos from phys/ele, or fighting weirdos in PvP.

[fluid onyx]

there you go! know you know your limits!

[stray venture]

It was definitely interesting. Idk how to add aliment immunity to my gear now haha

[gentle kite]

what is a good currency farm on 16.5's/17's this league

[smoky geyser]

?????????

[limpid basin]

Boro, boro, boro.

[hazy escarp]

im about to send my first 17m shipment. is there a best port for expected value?
8.5m worth of blue zanth and 8.5m dust

[sonic field]

Boro boro boro

[queen cedar]

still kalguur, I'd think

[smoky geyser]

check sirgogs feed he is a voice for forbiden library (the miners and testers)

[gritty basin]

Do we have any official confirmation about how IIR works on mercs? Does it do anything?

[mighty temple]

i was thinking about juicing my abyss runs with delirium orbs. However, the currency ones are currently at around 26 chaos apiece. Should i just run a single one to get the delirium effect, or just use as many as i can handle? I'm not sure just how much value do they add

[full frost]

anyone who is a seasoned elemental tornado shot player here ? i need some advice or help pls

[summer jackal]

hi guis, can i ask for someone advice, what staff can i buy for my RF build to increase dps ? https://poe.ninja/profile/mihaiharea981-5988/character/Skittex_ChiefRF i have a budget of 9 divs in Mercenaries to spend

[raw swallow]

just found a return, gmp, chain, inc as, icd clustering kineticist

but it has kb

https://tenor.com/view/monkey-anguish-despair-gif-13915908866750092639

[mighty temple]

would you say using scarabs is worth it even on the ordinary T16 maps?

[rose dragon]

If doing strat that likes t16 and doesn't scale much by map mods, why not?

[limpid basin]

some scarabs are some scarabs are not

you have to look at it concretely

instead of asking for an incredibly generalizing response

[mighty temple]

well, what about farming abysses? I thought about running 1 abyss scarab, 1 edifice, 1 profound depths and 2 multitudes

[limpid basin]

try it

you will surely profit

(assuming they aren't too expensive)

[rose dragon]

Well abyss likes map mods, so prefer t16.5 there

Unless you planning to identify a lot of abyss jewels

[limpid basin]

of course i assume they're only in t16s because they have to be

not strong enough to run 16.5

because if you can run 16.5 run 16.5 (or 17)

[rose dragon]

Well even t16.5 is a bit of a settle there, if you looking at abyss from currency perspective

Aka if t16 why not just harbs or something?

[mighty temple]

yeah, that might actually be a better idea. Is it possible to sustain a pool of 16.5/17 maps without constantly buying them? I really don't like shopping for maps

[rose dragon]

T17 you have to buy, t16.5 I would prefer to buy, but sustain is possibleish

Like Just farm a bit then buy 50 or so in bulk

[zenith coral]

sometimes one last map pays off... lmao wanted to go to bed 40 minuts ago and doryanis just dropped (ssf)

[rose dragon]

Gg, Got rings already?

[zenith coral]

no, wonder how i will get them lol

[rose dragon]

Guff in research Will be your friend

Has mist in crafting bench on random ring/ammy as reward

[zenith coral]

ty

[reef igloo]

is arn's belt or headhunter better for mapping as smite of judgement?

[mighty temple]

So, i tried a T16 blight ravaged map. I really expected a bigger explosion than this

[rocky nebula]

Next league we're either getting tier 16.25 or 17.5 maps

[chrome frigate]

does rarity of item found stat from my merc affects my overall loot?

[odd gate]

only if they're killing

[glad iris]

should I mind the amount if I wanna get lethal pride?

[shrewd osprey]

Is there a sure fire way to increase str/int/dex mercs?
I've only found 2 so far. Been trying to ban str , int and then a str/dex as my 3 bans but maybe this is wrong?
Should I swap teh INT ban for a DEX maybe?

[vapid sonnet]

Those are just infamous no? With triple atribute

Every merc can be triple bonus

[shrewd osprey]

im looking for Kinedticists now. Just started act 7 but my current one just falls over as its far to low level.
I spent ages farming Reliquary in act 5 and gave up

[shrewd osprey]

if your playing normal game sure I'd agree but I am playing HC SSF Ruthless

[flat current]

"urk|rva|egr|nyt|lc|ler|rp|pol|sei|ntu|tev|tep|lth|^pu|h,|^he|nob|ub|rh|^v|rue|tti|live|eak|g,|er fa|tw|loi|rni"

The Poe Regex website isnt updated to the newest version yet, can someone add Kalguuran Scarab and Kalguuran Scarab of Refinement please?

Also how do i make it stop showing me Betrayal scarab of the Allflame

[queen cedar]

for mapping headhunter is basically unbeatable

[mighty temple]

Next league the T17 maps will feel like 17.5 because all the overpowered shit from this league (coiling whisper, doryanni's prototype, mercs in general, ...) will get nerfed XD

[obtuse meteor]

Any1 got reccomendation for aoe abilities that fits with poison/chaos trickster for crowds (am rn using blade flurry, stormbrand/venom gyre

[sonic spade]

why do people split grand heists?

more heists per heist?

isn't it cheaper to just buy more?

[agile hemlock]

fully revealed blueprints are fairly pricey

[sonic spade]

oh so you fully reveal, roll 6 mods, split, run x3

or x2

[agile hemlock]

some drop fully revealed

[sonic spade]

maybe x3 splitting is not worth it

2 tempering in one grand heist nice

[paper inlet]

Just casually carrying five mirrors around in your maps (with your other valuables, like a couple of chance orbs and bindings), like you do

[sonic field]

lovely fake screenshots

[paper inlet]

Well, it didn't just happen but it did happen

Last map of last night

[grim plume]

Guys, mine had 1000 mirrors

[paper inlet]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Don't be salty, watch the clip

[grim plume]

Really though, that's some crazy luck man

Knowing me I would have skuffed it and died lol

[paper inlet]

I know there's a lot of fake stuff going around, but none of my friends play the slots PoE so I had to share, lol

[grim plume]

Yeah none of mine do either so I feel it.

[paper inlet]

Yeah, honestly I figured the best I'd see on them would be a divine or two.. I think I should just retire now, I've peaked 🤣

[grim plume]

I found a mirror on the last day of league during Phrecia, otherwise I've never come across one.

I guess I should play even more.

What build are you going to fo now that you have 5 mirrors?

[paper inlet]

No clue! I've just been grinding out the challenges thinking I was coasting to the finish line, but I guess I ought to actually use them instead of letting them rot in standard

[grim plume]

You could easily make a beyond ridiculous build with that much currency.

You can sprint to the finish instead of coast.

[paper inlet]

Yeah, I'd like to do something with a Doryani's merc since I've never used the chest and it seems like the best time to do it

I've been looking for a zealotry/wrath merc while blasting maps but no luck (lol) yet

Don't think I can complain after that map though

[grim plume]

lol true

I found the perfect merc but I 100% died to him. My computer is garbage so I can't run a lot of builds. Once I get to maps things start to heat up in my room.

Private sauna over here

[paper inlet]

That sucks! Some of those guys are no joke, especially if you're running dangerous maps

[grim plume]

Real. Getting one-tapped is always humbling.

[proven stag]

has anyone figured out how to optimize shipping this league

is it still 17m meta

[sonic spade]

insane unnatural instinct, this location is unethical

[paper inlet]

Get a light of meaning in there for even more juice

But yeah, scion start is a great spot for unnatural instincts

[young sandal]

Do i need max ele res to be a 5-way resetter or just chaos res + life

[tulip kayak]

any mamba players getting insane fps loss on blight

[spiral ice]

those two work together?

[queen cedar]

it's blight, everyone gets insane fps losses on it

[scarlet sun]

why is mirror going up so fast i think checked it yesterday it was 630 now its almost 800

[paper inlet]

Tariffs

[cyan tapir]

RIP

[paper inlet]

Wraeclast is getting hit with 100% duties

That is crazy though, it was in the 600s recently

No clue why the prices do what they do

[gritty basin]

Tell me you stole a Streamer Client without telling me...

Seriously though, that's bananas. Congrats on winning at (virtual) life, lmao

[clear hare]

hey when doing kingsmarch mapping, do you guys do t17s? and do u quality corrupt them?

lol im serious tho idk if we're supposed to 😛

[gray compass]

i just give my mappers all the t16 8 mods with mods i cant run
(cannot be leeched from / recovery rate %)

[paper inlet]

Their completion chance is directly proportional to quantity afaik

So if you're after the uber fragments, quality makes it less likely they'll clear the boss (you'll only get a fragment on the maps they 100%)

[clear hare]

just after the loot, not the fragments per say, so per that logic, shouldnt quality or stuff

[paper inlet]

Not sure then, probably want to roll them up and quality as long as it won't kill them, but I'm not positive

[clear hare]

got blazing fragment from the first (full qa + corrupt)

but it does give a low % chance of completion tho

so you're probably right

[paper inlet]

Yeah, there's always a chance they can clutch out a hard map, but on average you'll get more frags on lowish quant maps

[sonic spade]

when I'm delving, how do I know when the cart is gonna play a sneaky on me and curve in another direction and fucking kill me?

[clear hare]

appreciate the help 🙂

[ornate plinth]

You don't. You just BUSTIN HOFFMAN.

[sonic spade]

I'm not upgrading the light because I want to live like people in 6k

it's painful

[proper pendant]

is it expensive to go from fire dmg to crit on the vfos ?

[peak hemlock]

hey it's me, your long lost brother

[thin barn]

Could someone help with poison fross? Trying to use the coiling whisper on a 4l but I barely get any soul eater stacks. Do I need a 5l?

[runic zephyr]

is "monsters remove 5% life mana and ES on hit" max, or current?

though both would brick LL builds since theyre on 1 life

[dapper sparrow]

anyone got any recommedation on what gear to give my mercenarie for a ele hit of the spectrum build?

[queen cedar]

doryani and -lightning rings (you have to wear the admiral)

[loud copper]

Question for all crafters out there.

Is it any value picking up ilvl 84-85 items with memory strands? Awakened POE doesnt seem to recognize the memory strands to value it?
i have been picking up everything 60+ strands but dont know how to price or if its worth the time picking it

[agile hemlock]

Max life.

[sonic field]

if its a good base then yeah

[queen cedar]

i hid pretty much everything that isnt a top tier base

have had random semicrappy bases with strands sitting in 5-20c tabs all league, sold maybe 3 total

[peak hemlock]

is there a way to filter that on trade?

[queen cedar]

you can filter strands I think

can't filter "top tier base" afaik, you just have to know what those are and type the item name into the search bar

[loud copper]

Okay, there im lost i have no idea what is a good base or not xD

Guess i will just keep dumping the value lower everyday and see if it sells xD

[craggy ice]

Has anyone tried running a double obliteration gravebind merc?

[sonic field]

the pops wont be as good without all the chaos dmg increases you often have

[toxic tinsel]

Guys what’s the best risk farmer on a 1 mirror budget? I’m getting bored of vfos

[agile hemlock]

FRoSS probably

[civic olive]

anybody knows a good gear setup for this merc?
would be nice if it can boost gold drop with rarity.
the current gear is whatever i found in my stash near the start of the league
could invest 40-50div

[coarse rain]

Does the merc being infamous actually do anything or is it just the gear on it that gets changed?

[agile hemlock]

Has a unique and an item with an infamous mod

[gray compass]

different mtx it wears too

[gray compass]

rue has a video on it iirc

[coarse rain]

That's what I am asking, is it only that or does it affect the chance for better skill supports and/or base stats of the merc?

[agile hemlock]

Ah, misread, afaik same skill distribution.

[spiral ice]

mercs cant trigger gems?

[paper inlet]

They don't have gems in their gear

[sonic stirrup]

you can't grant skills at all to them

[hidden karma]

Is maven even worth it these days? I feel like it's like 50/50 to even break even

[agile hemlock]

Isn't maven progren and rare woke gem gambling?

[civic olive]

im not 100% aware if the merc being infamous or not increases the chances of better support gem lvl on their setup.

[hidden karma]

progren? and that makes sense since that's like all she can drop

oh duh... prognesis

[karmic sigil]

any tips for getting these memory strands to spawn? I need 6 more memory bosses, ran 30 canyons and eagon hasn't shown up again

[paper inlet]

Do you have the top atlas wheel allocated?

Or at least the four small nodes

Those are the only ways to boost tear spawn chance, afaik

[karmic sigil]

ah, i'll put those in. thanks

[jagged magnet]

Zerphi's Heart and Valako's Sign on an Infamous Cruel Mistress will it work?

[cold stream]

Can someone help me out? I got a grasping mail with 29 life for each ignited and armor is increased by over capped fire resist, i don't see any the trade site

[lunar acorn]

hmm why are headhunters so cheap? ive never had one before, should I just buy one?

[azure girder]

what mercs can have grace+haste?

[sonic stirrup]

https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Mercenary

[spark kettle]

any way to unbrick my instance?
uber elder set and ping in all other instances is fine

[vernal quail]

that google doc for the challenges, that wasnt released like a month ago, was patreon only. where will i find it once its released?

[mighty temple]

Should i take the "chance to open nearby chests when you cast a spell" mastery? I plan on farming abysses so it could save me quite a few clicks opening hoards, however it would be quite a bit of an opportunity cost, since i wouldn't go for that mastery normally, costing me 4 skill points for just that

[limpid basin]

yes

[exotic mica]

The what now

Like a guide for mercenaries challenge 40/40?

There are like 2-3 guides out there that can help you for free

Try reddit

[cursive patio]

ok I have gambled unsuccesfully all my softcore currency and wanna try hardcore is the earthshatter build good for a first time hardcore run

[zenith thicket]

hey, does anyone know if the bug with Champion's Fortitude and Replica Badge of the Brotherhood is fixed? currently (or before) if you have the Fortitude node and you wear Replica BOTB, you will just constantly lose Endurance Charges, as for some reason it counts as getting constantly fortified over and over

also for that reason, Replica BOTB doesn't actually grant any extra fortification cap

idk if I should ping any devs for this

[random rapids]

With a minion build does gravebind on my merc still give me the rarity boost with kills? And does this rarity affect divination cards?

[humble zinc]

anyone know how to keep a doryani merc alive?

i have cap res other then lightning res

and lots of life am i suppose to have armour too?

or they just glass cannons

[craggy ice]

What to run on a CoC Forbidden Rite occultist?
A str merc with Kingmaker and determ, or Cruel Mistreess with Envy, Zealotry and Garb?

[whole wasp]

guys is kinetic blast best used on deadeye?

[odd gate]

yes

[lunar stirrup]

The google doc guide already released, just check on the OP profile pinned post 👍
https://redd.it/1lp6pwt

[vernal quail]

Whaaat

Thank you so much!

[random juniper]

what is the best harbour for shippments rn?

[sonic spade]

I need to craft the 35% increased effect attribute stacker large cluster, wish me a quick and merciful death

alt spamming intense action

[mighty temple]

how does juicing with orbs of delirium compare to juicing using scarabs of risk?

[sonic spade]

completely different. Delirium orbs are applied to a map and are not used in the map device directly, they don't add map mods but instead buff monsters with less damage taken and increased damage dealt, they add packs of delirious monsters and new rewards based on the type of orb of delirium used.

it's speculated they add rarity and quantity, but there is no evidence of that

[mighty temple]

oh, so it's not likely to directly buff existing content like abyss? I thought that it makes normal monsters both tougher and more rewarding

[sonic spade]

it's possible, nobody has tested it though

[mighty temple]

i was hoping there would be some substitute for the scarabs of risk, since there are things that can make the map undoable for me (stuff like -max res or no leech, plus just adding way too much random T17 bullshit)

[sonic spade]

there is no real substitute, if you want to juice without risk scarab you can use glittering

[mighty temple]

Glittering gives rarity: doesn't that only affect equipment items? Or does it also increase a chance currecy and scarabs drop as a more valuable variant?

by the way, regarding exarch/eater: Their altars only affect monsters added by their influence and map bosses, so they don't synergise with other mechanics, right? So i would be better off using spare points on something like beyond that actually gets affected by abysses in some way

[sonic spade]

https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Rarity

increased item rarity influences every step of rolling on the loot tables regarding to items with rarity, but doesn't affect currency or scarabs - EDITED

[rose dragon]

"This does not affect items without rarity, such as currency." ^

[fleet mortar]

is this guy rare?

[sonic spade]

oh I didn't see that line

ok I thought it was way better of a stat

[rose dragon]

Ye rarity only matters for farming unique items and for gold

[sonic spade]

I guess only quant matters

[rose dragon]

so if you running titanic blight/boss rush/rogues/glittering you want it, otherwise you dont care

[arctic cargo]

Any bosser on the cheaper end that yall could recommend? Wanted to try bossing out.

[sonic spade]

reap mines is really good

trickster has a built-in level of comfort thanks to energy shield regen when you suppress spell damage

the only scary skills are DoTs

uber shaper tends to overwhelm you with DoTs on the ground, beams and then also hit you with balls

the main way to deal with that is to fucking kill him before he does it too much

[coarse bridge]

Srs maybe

Poison animate range weapon

[arctic cargo]

Yeah I've seen a lot of bossers do trickster and some cheiftan or inquisitor

[coarse bridge]

Those prob on the expensive side

[mighty temple]

this one can get really good single target dps with fairly little investment https://maxroll.gg/poe/build-guides/chaos-minion-army-necromancer-league-starter

while also being farly tanky

[arctic cargo]

Sounds good thanks for the advice, Ill look into it

[mighty temple]

So, Eagon just gave me a T14 memory map. Decided to use full scarab setup anyway, including risk scarab, and found 3 raw divines.

[arctic cargo]

Also I got a good gem from maven that can fund this build, but I don't want to spend it all on it.

Was gonna use around 10 div

[mighty temple]

Do these nodes do something when i have all 4 voidstones? Does the loot still generate lower tier maps, but just removes them due to there not being a lower tier map on the atlas anymore, or are the lower tier maps just not present on the loot table anymore?

[agile hemlock]

you will drop more maps overall

[mighty temple]

so it might still be worth it just to drop a bit more T16.5 maps

[hoary crag]

anyone mind giving me some advice on how i should progress as trickster? i've posted twice in build help, but no bites. I'm currently running exsanguinate mines and have about 12 div to work with. I would either like to transition to something just as good that will scale better or put that money towards this build and just become tankier and do more damage im just not really sure what to buy or how to go about doing it.

[queen cedar]

there are three kinds of mods that can appear on altars:

• boss
• eldritch minions
• player

the upside of player altars will improve the loot of all monsters you kill, not just the influences packs

[mighty temple]

It's funny how i went from not being able to see the ground due to skill effects to not being able to see the ground due to all the loot XD

[unkempt jasper]

best merc for CWS?

[agile sable]

hi guys! someone can help me with my build ? I need more dps, have 15 div -https://poe.ninja/profile/making12-4963/character/LAAnalna

[queen cedar]

probably try to get malevolence and garb on it, so whichever type can wear those

[rigid jetty]

Looks like you really like defensive auras. Which auras are on your merc?

[agile sable]

wrath sir

[rigid jetty]

Is the 6th link in your chestpiece empty for a special reason? Edit: my bad, browser fkd up, its not empty

[agile sable]

yea Im update them 😄

up 200k dps when i change armor

but want more dps

like 1,5m

8 div have now

[rigid jetty]

How much would you gain if you upgrade your main damage skill to a 21/20 gem?

[agile sable]

sec sir

average dmg ok 13k

[rigid jetty]

Would you be able to sustain your capped resistances without purity of elements?

[agile sable]

maybe get anger on merc and get watcher eye with gain fire dmg when use anger

[agile sable]

i think no sir

[rigid jetty]

And would you mind dying a bit more maybe? ^^

[agile sable]

haha no 😄

[rigid jetty]

I think this is the wrong channel for us. I will message you later when i'm home if you still want someone to look over your build

[agile sable]

ok sir 😄

im waitingfor you, please say priv ms

[cinder garden]

uh my

[agile sable]

lol

nic1

[sonic spade]

ah real quant increase can also be achieved by using a sacrifice or a mortal fragment like a scarab. A sacrifice fragment gives you +5% quant, a mortal one gives you +10%

mortal fragments are used for the feared so they may be expensive

you can also use shaper and elder fragments (+5% quant) or uber elder and sirus fragments (+10%), but at that point you're just burning money

[runic zephyr]

apparently corrupting sawblade mod gives you a giga phys dot debuff that isnt actually CB? man playing anything with t17 mods kills all fun in this game, i hate this

[agile hemlock]

Yeah, T17 mods are almost entirely unnamed dots

[sonic spade]

degen is fun, I love dying to damage I cannot prevent

[runic zephyr]

risk scarabs are such a FOMO man

[sonic spade]

it's not worth fomoing

[sonic field]

just dont

[sonic spade]

you either can farm them or not

if you can't, farm until you can

easy

there are strats that don't scale with risk like delve or syndicate, and those are always in demand

making a delve build is way cheaper than a risk build

[runic zephyr]

are there even any builds that can do all mods?

[sonic spade]

yes and they are expensive

multi-mirror

a delve build for 6k is more expensive but farming at 6k is stupid

you farm at 400-600

[runic zephyr]

i can do risk blight but 1/5 just bricks because some giga shit mods and it feels quite bad

[runic zephyr]

honestly i can probably do many other t17 mods but its so hard to find out what the fuck they even do

[sonic spade]

bismuth! I forgot about bismuth. It gives bonus quant to rare and magic mobs

it's like a soft risk scarab

[mighty temple]

If you can't farm risk T17s, just farm risk T16.5. You literally consistently drop multiple raw divines per map with fully juiced abyss, as i just found out

[mighty temple]

do you mean bismuth ore deposit?

[sonic spade]

yes

[agile hemlock]

Holy relic can do it for two digit divines

[runic zephyr]

i am doing it in 16.5s with blight, and its insanely good. just not fun because so many of the t17 mods are super annoying and hard to see :/ guess i just gotta live with bricking the occasional map

[shy crater]

guys is there a good build for the sniper mercenary?

[stuck gull]

anybody remember how action speed works when dictating attack speed? It's just take your attack speed and multiply it by effective tailwind correct? IE 7.17 x .08 = 7.74

[agile hemlock]

Yeah, it's a multiplier on attack spwed

[stuck gull]

That's what I thought but I haven't fucked with tailwind in a bit. Thank you

[boreal glade]

Do people play multiple builds during the league like 2 different characters or just stay on one

[sonic spade]

I'm on 4

[gritty basin]

I've taken 3 to end-game, will start a 4th sometime probably next week or the week after

[sonic spade]

holy

double annoying cat

the skill that blocks you and stops your travel skills may be the most rotten shit in the game

[astral osprey]

I'm new and already have a 45, 29, and 22 on hc, everyones different.

The friend that got me into poe1 won't touch hc with a 10 foot pole, and if runs a second character he wants to spend as little time in campaign as possible. Even after hitting maps on poe2 I still enjoyed making new characters to try out builds, I guess your total # of hours plays a role in your tolerance for new chars

[mighty temple]

I was thinking about adding a second risk scarab to my abyss setup, but i'm not sure which one should i remove: So far i have one of each: abyss, edifice, multitudes, and profound depths. Which one of those would you say is least impactful? Or should i just stick to a single risk scarab instead?

[gritty basin]

I will say that for me, the campaign is the least fun part of the game. I enjoy it once at the start of the league, but after that each character is deff "How fast can I get through this". I do wish there were an option to start secondary characters at the epilogue town - make 'em like level 65 or 70 or w/e the zone level is for the A10 Kitava fight, apply the -60 res malus, and I'm even fine with it if the waypoints are shared but new character still have to go do the side quests for the extra passives. Just my 2 cents though

[hot quail]

what would be the best way to help entice seer into my maps?

breach and shrines?

[mighty temple]

speaking of which, what's the best map to scry? I was thinking of basilica, is there any better option?

[sonic spade]

is there a way to reroll synthesis implicits or are they unchangeable?

[agile hemlock]

vivid vultures

[sonic spade]

bestiary is the most dogshit mechanic economically yet it's so fucking goated

"I bet there is a beast for that"

thanks for telling me

[tepid sparrow]

Thanks for reminding me to sell off my yellow beasts

[sonic spade]

what the

[stuck gull]

DAMN

[sonic spade]

it bricks my build badly

ok so I died but I couldn't respawn so it lost the blight encounter

fun

[noble breach]

How can I search on trade site, for mods like this "~Minions deal # to # additional Lightning Damage" to find at least from is 6

[coarse rain]

It's pretty easy to avoid walking into if you run leap slam or a blink skill, unlike exarch runes (which are basically the same except they randomly spawn around you like the ghost of christmas past) they are very visible big red flames.

So it becomes an annoyance restricting your movement at worst, once again unlike exarch runes which will jumpscare you to kill your recovery.

[sonic spade]

when you blight farm the whole screen disappears and you're fucked anyway

it's so ass

blight farm is not for me, I'll go back to abysses

it's like "do you remember where the desolation was? Good, because the whole screen will disappear now!"

also sawed blades, I couldn't stay still

I rolled the map badly, it's my fault

[coarse rain]

Does your build have to move to kill stuff? If yes then rip, gigajuiced blight by itself might be too much to begin with. GGG please let us disable delirium visuals.

[sonic spade]

also my build is not strong enough for that

delve seems the best strategy atm

[coarse rain]

Oh yeah if you can't withstand the sawblades' degen ground, they are a rippy must avoid mod, which is sad because the mod has great reward implicits connected to it.

[sonic spade]

worse than shaper touched

I wanted a strategy to farm bases but I guess ritual and heist are still the best

[coarse rain]

Personally I hate drowning orbs and volatile cores, especially together, as I often get locked in an animation and just die.

[sonic spade]

volatiles is a never mod for me

[coarse rain]

Depending on how far your build is, ambush is a good relax strat.

[sonic spade]

I can clear double wisped titanic rogue exiles relatively easy, they drop jackshit though

and not being able to do most of the mods means I cannot jack up the pack size

[tranquil plank]

Is this a decent merc?

[sonic spade]

I think I'll just do harvest delve because I'm good at those

[river forge]

Im leveling a trickster for my second caracter of this league, but i don't know if i do a EE smite or a KB build, any advices ?

[autumn orchid]

wait till you get 3 or 4 of them, perma can't move if u don't have flame dash xd

had them perfectly timing it one after another

[lethal robin]

both need alot of gear generally

though doryani merc can carry hard

[river forge]

i have 300 raw divine and like 300-400 others if i sell my VFoS gear

[lethal robin]

yeah thats enough id play smite trickster

[hoary crag]

anyone know if it's possible to build the midgame version on 30div? or does anyone know a decent build that i can swap to with 30div? https://pobb.in/u/tarekis%235639/tarekis-flicker-trickster

[sonic field]

you cant make any ee trickster on that budget

[hoary crag]

ahh okay. i was looking it over and it didn't seem too expensive but thought i'd ask to make sure. thanks

there is a section that says it can be ran at 10-20d investment but just EE with resolute cost 10d so that's the main reason i asked

[lethal robin]

u dont need ee with resolute. tbh its prob doable on 30d depending on doryani price

at this point of the league there should be quite abit of leftover gear people are selling for fairly cheap as they’re upgrading

[hoary crag]

this is my current mess and i dropped a reflecting mist so just looking to swap to something better now that i have 30d lmao this does pretty good though https://pobb.in/1Rwy63YqKTBP

[rotund stump]

is beast 6 linking gone now? Don't see it in the menagire recipe list

[astral osprey]

Hey fam I'm lvl 45 in HC going in mostly blind, just beat act 4 boss last night. My question is are there any one shots or hard knowledge checks coming up or is it just a continuous balance of life/es/armour/evasion/block/suppression and all that? Like "stand here or die" type shit

Thanks

[severe tulip]

hmm smite trickter this char is expensive, i'm invest 300dv with mage blood and feel not good, better change char using head hunter

[sonic stirrup]

The game has plenty of oneshot stuff, but the harder something hits, the more telegraphed it tends to be, or something you could've read up on

Though you're also very likely to just die to many small hits

In particular from for example corpses exploding

Well, nothing that is actually just guaranteed instakill of course

Anything in the game can be tanked

Most "stand here and die" type shit tends to be loud, bright, or have a big windup, or all three

The end boss of act 5 is overall probably the next main obstacle

Though the boss at the middle of it can also hit hard if you don't have phys mitigation

[astral osprey]

Yeah I heard to get ready for -35% res

[sonic stirrup]

It's 30

[astral osprey]

105% ok

[sonic stirrup]

And I wasn't even talking about the res

[odd gate]

there are lots of "one shots" which are knowledge checks, like don't walk through certain doorways you have to back track through if there are corspe effects mid animation
or certain map layouts which are deadly with specific mods, things like that
generally speaking though, if you're overlevelled with a high focus on multiple defensive layers you will probably be good for a while

[sonic stirrup]

Well, in acts he won't see mods

[astral osprey]

I'm used to detonate dead and volatile plants from poe2 but not used to poe1 graphics yet

[sonic stirrup]

Play with sound

Detonating corpses have a very distinct sound

[astral osprey]

As for boss slams

Feel like it's pretty hard to tell unless you run around for a bit without casting anything, but that sounds like POE2 as well

[sonic stirrup]

I'd say act 5 end boss is fairly well telegraphed overall, but you might not be ready for how big some of them are

Well yeah

If you want to be properly prepared you obviously need to actually see how it looks first

[astral osprey]

At least in POE2 you have the red thing and the noise

I'm also ok dying sometime to play with my sc friend so I just want to get as far as I can

[sonic stirrup]

If you have a tanky character, I don't think anything would oneshot you in act 5

[astral osprey]

Need to be attached to the char in order to enjoy sc

[sonic stirrup]

Though some things will hit multiple times or do a dot

[sonic stirrup]

If you die you start over

[astral osprey]

Oh you don't stay the level

Oof

[sonic stirrup]

You do

But the character is sent to standard

HC is a commitment

[astral osprey]

Standard or merc

[sonic stirrup]

Don't play HC if you don't want to start over when you die

[sonic stirrup]

Well I said standard because I meant standard

[astral osprey]

If I'm in hc Merc and I die

I should go SC merc

Why would it put me standard

[sonic stirrup]

If you're in HC you're sent to SC standard when you die

[sonic stirrup]

To make it a commitment.

I fully expect PoE2 to be the same in this aspect

Or is it different

I don't keep up with PoE2 but has a new league even started yet there

[scarlet sun]

gambling is so profitable bought 2 forbidden jewels for 14d total one is 11d and the other is 150d

[grim plume]

Any build recommendations for someone that has a terrible PC? I have about ~500 div right now and I'm wanting to eventually get to Ubers.

[floral drum]

damn

octogon

pentagon

hexagon

mapisgone

oh well 2 divines down the drain

at least my loot didnt get rollbacked

sigh

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand server crashed again

what is happening on the eu servers?

well, i wanted to go to sleep anyway... at least i found a divine on the floor

gn yall

[regal mulch]

does it actually matter if my merc has enough attributes to equip an item?

[stable cave]

anyone know how to fix this?

I've checked my internet and am having 0 problems with anything else but its been like this since launch

[floral drum]

its server side Poppy

they promised that it's going to be fixed soon ™

so yeah, you can do nothing but wait

[stable cave]

thats all well and good but ive lost so much time to it and so much currency as well

[floral drum]

same Poppy, same

and you can read it here #1┃mirage-league message

i have just lost my juiced 2 divine harvest map

i'll make that divine back easily, but im still annoyed

those awakening scarabs are expensive

[abstract onyx]

man why the gem that I want is so expensive like 50 chaos orbs min

[floral drum]

no it only matters what stat group they are in

[floral drum]

supply demand my guy

[abstract onyx]

I bet this is Trump's fault

[stable cave]

haha speak for yourself. Im struggling right now. made a couple of poor build choice ideas this league and im only just getting together enough div to start doing anything

[abstract onyx]

tariffs 😅

[floral drum]

he'll issue a new tarriff rule on it, dw

[abstract onyx]

I'll move to China NP!!!

but they only have chaos shards haha

[rotund stump]

is there a new meta for 6link?

[sonic spade]

holy shit

[abstract onyx]

what special?

[merry relic]

All positive and max roll reservation and rarity

[abstract onyx]

is this worthy of spending 10 vaal orbs to get 4 sockets?

[mighty temple]

Is there an easy way to make my merc immune to reflect? I'm finally playing a chaos build so i would prefer if i didn't have to add this to the list of mods to avoid

[sonic stirrup]

If they're attack, take off their weapon

Give them original sin if ele xddd

Or give them shock mitigation and sibyl's and uh I think influenced body or something for reduced reflect taken

[agile hemlock]

Wilma's is also viable.

[desert creek]

So I was just noodling around on templar with poeninja and where did all the totem builds go?

[agile hemlock]

Compared to what league?

[desert creek]

Ahh baseline I guess? I havent played a little bit.

[abstract onyx]

is 3k life for T1 maps enough?

[agile hemlock]

Totems aren't as good as the meta builds outside of new ballista tech, and streamers aren't really pushing them. Sanctum and shockwave totem builds got nerfed, so that's a generous slice gone.

[agile hemlock]

Yeah, that seems about reasonable.

[desert creek]

Ahh that makes sense, wierd. Thank you.

[neon elk]

would fury valve be good on the manyshot merc with ice shot and vaal ice shot?

[blissful onyx]

Wilma’s or replica alberons

[vapid ore]

Dumb question i probably already know the answer too, but do you need the open mana to reserve to have arctic armor work with automation?

[summer trench]

Lf someone to play maps with

[eager charm]

#1┃looking-for-group

[eager charm]

arctic armor cant work with automation

[vapid ore]

Oh rip

[limpid basin]

you cant automate anything with reserves mana like arctic armour does

[vapid ore]

I must have read the links wrong

[limpid basin]

probably pobb.in display being weird

pob will show you the proper links

either that or it's just extranous links

[sterile tendon]

Any flicker here?

[sonic stirrup]

if I had to guess, a disabled guard skill is also linked

and arctic armour is just there because there was space

[pliant prawn]

I think the Merc enduring cry is lying or something idk. It's so Wierd. When I'm fighting a unique the cry actually appears on my bar with a 3 second timer. When I'm fighting mobs I get the endurance charges but I don't see the icon pop up.

https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Skill:EnduringCryMercenary

It says there's no power but it's acting like there is? Merc skills confuse me.

[vagrant hemlock]

What drop Svalinn now? Is it a global drop?

[vapid ore]

Another dumb question, the regex for mods i dont want highlights maps when they have a bad map right? So I would roll them till they are all not highlighted?

[vapid ore]

Same place, the crater boss, it's just much much more rare

[gleaming anvil]

anyone doing Earthquake? and how has it beeen feeling in 16.5s?

[limpid basin]

depends on the regex in question

usually they highlight maps that dont have bad mods

[gleaming grove]

anyone got a howlcrack and a vengeful cry? im at work and curious how they interact

[rocky nebula]

no, those boots have no movespeed and you can get something with probably more resistances, same life and movespeed for less than it would cost you to link it

unless you're playing SSF

[ionic rampart]

if map runners do t17 does it count towards the 30 t17 challenge?

[rocky nebula]

Nope

[echo pewter]

I can finally play

[chrome frigate]

freakin lag is unbearable man

[cyan tapir]

Hi guys, is there any correct dust/cost list for mercenaries? Both i've seen are outdated/wrong dustvalue with the items i checked.

[dusky warren]

oce?

[zenith valley]

hey, kinda messed up with leveling and now need 4 lvl (63-67) to play smite of divine judgement, can smb lemme leech 1,2 maps? would be great 🙂 Ign SmiTalus

[sonic spade]

hit 10k es on my chaos coruscation int stacker

who needs layers when you can have a big, gigantic sheet of paper?

[sonic field]

you'll very likely need a bunch more for smite

make sure your gems are leveled, especially added cold and ice bite

[zenith valley]

im very aware, but i just want to start leveling myself

[sonic field]

they need to be lvl 19 at least, else it will feel terrible

[zenith valley]

sadly im stuck rn as the smites start at 67 level req for me

yea

thats why i need the 4 lvls so i can run myself and breach exp farm

[sonic field]

you can reduce its lvl with scour orb

but trust me swapping to fast wont end up good

[zenith valley]

how does that work

[sonic field]

just sell both at vendor

[zenith valley]

i have 400d budget, im certain it will feel better than my level 30 req siphon build

[sonic field]

its one of vendor recipes

[zenith valley]

1 orb of scouring and smite of divine judgement?

doesnt seem to work for me

[mossy matrix]

hey people, does maloney quiver work on mercs?

[sonic field]

is it corrupted?

[zenith valley]

yup

[sonic field]

mercs cant trigger skills

[sonic spade]

fucking seriously?

IT'S ALL CUL-DE-SACS!

delving to 1500 is so slow

[devout hawk]

Is there any plans on increasing the mercs cap? I feel like 3 is too low

[random rapids]

What do sockets on items do that you equip to your mercs?

[chrome frigate]

singapore

[neat summit]

I wish

[agile hemlock]

Nothing outside of items like untouched soul

[neon elk]

would fury valve be good on the manyshot merc with ice shot and vaal ice shot?

[naive prism]

I feel like, whenever I start farming something, the price goes down

[tough harness]

hmm, level 83 temple atziri is at least equal to uber atziri, right?

or have they buffed uber atziri?

[earnest pond]

Finally a somewhat good drop

I'ma die on this guy now XD

[grizzled breach]

anyone got a guide or a pic of poe map skill tree upgrades that is the most optimal?

[river forge]

Hi, i never did any craft on this game, i'd like to get 5red and 1blue on a chest (173 dex and int requirement) is it possible ? i saw on Vorici Chromatic Calculator, that i have more chance by doing "Vorici 3R" but i don't know what it is, someone to help me ?

[drifting thicket]

Socket colour crafting calculator: http://siveran.github.io/calc.html

[sonic field]

i assume bench craft 3 red sockets

[river forge]

how do i do this ?

[half steppe]

Jo Hi! 🌸🌸
i want to start a second character and build.
I played berserker flicker strik so far.
I got budget and a mageblood.
Elementist looks nice. want kind of endgame build got nice cleaning and boss dps?

[sonic field]

go to crafting bench and use the recipe that says that it does that

[sonic field]

check out palsteron's storm call elementalist

[somber pier]

have anyone managed to make a lightning holy relic build?

[half steppe]

thx

[mighty temple]

does garb of the ephemeral's "nearby allies' action speed cannot be modified below base value" work on petrification statues and that map mod that reduces your action speed for each skill used recently?

[agile hemlock]

Yes

[mighty temple]

okay, that's amazing

[random rapids]

What do sockets on items do that you equip to your mercs?

[wispy surge]

Nothing, they dont use it

[sonic field]

you already asked earlier and got an answer

[sage flare]

do I hire this merc even though I don't need it for this build or do I take the 150c scarab?

[sonic field]

isnt the answer obvious?

[sage flare]

No because idk how good of a merc it is and if I reroll would it be a good meta merc

[sonic field]

a thing you dont need vs a thing you need, whats better

[queen cedar]

not really I think, meta mercs are Doryani wrath guys

[sage flare]

ahh okay

[queen cedar]

defensive aura mercs are also kinda jank since you usually want your defensive setup to be more reliable

[tepid sparrow]

That's my Merc!

[sterile tendon]

How i can find this cluser?
I mean.. I know how find those 3 passives.

But i cant find with shield damage passives

If you know what i mean

I can't set the filter to show only with damage with shields

[rose dragon]

It's in enchant section

Try ~enchant skills grant

[atomic dove]

i feel so damn cheated. i saved up for 3 weeks to send out an all crop 50 mil shipment... and all i got was 5 divines... no mirror shards.

Ive lost all faith in kalguur im done with it

dust was included as well. but not more then 7 mil in value

[scarlet sun]

first time i got a gem explosion like this from a box

[wild cosmos]

Aye guys, So I'm done with the league as of right now but I thought to myself I'd start a build with like 30-ish div budget and a mageblood and upgrade it as I get currency off that build only, do you guys have any suggestions?

[spiral ice]

[earnest pond]

flickerstrike

[wild cosmos]

Oh boy that sounds fun

I do have a marauder/Ranger/Witch toons for previous builds

[earnest pond]

(if you're willing to create a duelist ofc)

[wild cosmos]

Alright nah

I leveled way too many chars this league 😭

[earnest pond]

that's so fair lol 😭

[earnest pond]

for marauder I know a really fun build (in my opinion) > if it still works the afk marauder

"afk"

[wild cosmos]

Nuh uh, everyone and their mothers is doing cws chieftain :(

[earnest pond]

they are? :0

fair enough

[tawdry vessel]

why can't he wear sceptres? they are str int requirement

[halcyon lantern]

He can't equip both wand and sceptre at the same time so you need to unequip the wands and then equip the sceptres

[tawdry vessel]

you saved me

i was going mad

[placid granite]

Any tips for setting up a sanguimancer merc?

[earnest pond]

finally, had to spend over 3 divs on this

[earnest pond]

the two green four red did not want to happen for some reason

[arctic cargo]

whats the best color gem to transfigure?

[agile hemlock]

IIRC Red for VFOS and smite

Ah nope, it's blue

[sonic field]

penance and forb yeah?

oh and relic for some reason

[past ocean]

What is the best to do? Buy lvl 1 gem form vendor or lvl 21 from trade?

[agile hemlock]

Depends on the gem. I usually buy level 20s except for my main gem and any gems where it matters (wrath, smite, ...)

[quasi vapor]

Anybody know when the league is ending?

[past ocean]

Eviscerate

[agile hemlock]

Evis I'd get a 20/20 probably

[past ocean]

Ok ty 😄

[floral drum]

GOD FUCKING DAMN IT

pentagon, hexagon, octogon, mymapisgone

this is so stupid

[remote scroll]

What would be more scalable holy relic or coc forbidden rite?

Since it's pretty similar playstyles

[sonic field]

forb

or well, forb has a wall too, but its well into comfortable clear of t17s and stuff

[remote scroll]

Thank you!

[turbid tinsel]

What setup on Doryani merc to stay alive in t17?

Only open helm boots gloves and weapons

[limpid wave]

Anyone having issues getting on through steam ?

[sonic field]

steam having issues rn

[limpid wave]

RIP thanks for the update

[frigid basin]

Steam DDos i think

[gray compass]

make sure its res is capped, and has at least 1.1-1.2k life regen, at least 5-5.5k life, and most importantly has at least 30-50% total damage recouped as life (typically gotten on rings)

[gleaming tapir]

kinetic blast or smite trickster?

[twilit marten]

think this is a good one?
TS has faster proj faster aspd GMP and mirage

[sonic field]

kb tech might disappear next league, ee builds most likely won't

[silent pine]

you mean the kb + fire overcap ring on merc or no?

[fallow condor]

What transfigured gems are going for a lot this league

[sonic field]

no the mana on unused chain + indigon

[devout osprey]

Penance brand of dissipation, or smite of divine judgment

@fallow condor

https://poe.ninja/economy/mercenaries/skill-gems?corrupted=No&gemType=Transfigured

[gleaming tapir]

idk what should i play ://

i choose vortex of projection and its bad af

[vapid ore]

So for FRoSS im seeing alot of people use force of darkness instead of Window of Opportunity anoint. I tried that out but now I can't keep my soul eater stacks up at all. But im still killing everything easy. Just bad cast speed now. Do yall think it's more useful to have absurd cast speed or additional chaos pen?

[lunar stirrup]

Anyone got a preview on this in PoE2?

that's the mercenaries challenge reward

[arctic cargo]

servers down?

[white inlet]

how long is it normal down?

[manic kernel]

15min to 1hr

[tawny wedge]

anyone have advice on keeping a staff merc alive that doesnt involve DoD

[keen shoal]

no PS patch yet

[manic kernel]

i dont know if its just a restart server or patch for PSN

but we sure are behind on the Hotfixes

[elder ridge]

Mine started downloading a min ago

[manic kernel]

ok yea mine too

free MB incoming

😄

[wispy surge]

is mesa map good with abyss?

[arctic cargo]

what's the trade channel for boss carries?

[obtuse solstice]

man super tragic

actually couldn't play PoE for the entire day

for whatever reason the servers are a complete dumpster fire and I can't connect to california anymore without being instantly connected

even though it was fine for literally the entirety of the league until today

guess I won't be gettin' that mageblood after all lmfao

this is why I hate online games

[dusky warren]

leagues over man didnt u hear?

[obtuse solstice]

no it's not over until the servers stop farting

[dusky warren]

have u tried spending more money?

[obtuse solstice]

no

[dusky warren]

theres a sale on stash tabs 🙂

[obtuse solstice]

I literally have all the specialty ones xd

[dusky warren]

im just messing with u man. nz servers have been non existant for about a week now. proves that the devs dont play their own game

somethings wrong with the load balancing

i guess thats what happens when put ddos protection on crappy servers

[amber carbon]

Hi, how can i find implict modifier in trade which is "chance to curse enemies with elemental weaknees on hit" - what ever i put in the search dosn't pop it

[sonic field]

i dont think one with chance exists, just guaranteed

[amber carbon]

ok , how do i find guarnateed ?

@sonic field ?

[sonic field]

just type elemental weakness in search and find the mod

make sure to select implicit version

[dusky warren]

thanks GGG for fixing the nz servers. feels good to be back baby

i know we give u alot of shit but i do appreciate u guys XD

[shadow dune]

whats the best merc for forbidden rite

[obtuse solstice]

I mean they do it's just unexpected server nonsense

all I wish is that the servers get fixed and future proofed

[river forge]

For a smite trickster, should i buy the energy shield light of meaning or mageblood first ?

[rose dragon]

mageblood first prolly

you can get quite some es without light of meaning

harder to get max res without mageblood

[river forge]

ok ok thx

[mighty temple]

my merc keeps randomly dying in T17 maps. Is there any way to make him more survivable?

[rose dragon]

get a higher lvl merc for starters

they have more builtin defences from lvl83 on

[mighty temple]

i haven't seen a merc with desirable skills for like 50 maps XD

By the way, is there a way to share mercs between players?

[sonic field]

no

[clever saddle]

Can anyone link me to a end game viable melee build? Haven't yet touched this season so I'm oblivious

[sonic field]

volcanic fissure of snaking was the most played starter this season and its melee

[clever saddle]

Thanks. What about other than starter builds like

[sonic field]

vfos can be pushed well into endgame, but if you want high investment stuff then you have things like ee smite trickster

[rose dragon]

Can also respec VFoS into zenith jugg once you Save up

[short lodge]

What's a good dopamine farm? Was enjoying blight but it's too expensive now.

[short lodge]

This was in the June 16th post and we still haven't heard anything more.
"Additionally we’re looking at making some improvements to the Memory Skills granted in maps influenced by The Originator, we’ll have more updates on this later this week."

Please don't abandon poe1 for poe2 already GGG, we aren't even half way through the league.

Also this from June 26th "We're aware that gameplay elements and the game's UI will start to flicker in and out when gameplay gets a bit hectic. The engine team is urgently looking into this and we're hoping to have an update on this issue next week."

[sonic field]

them stopping updates midway through the league is not a new thing added by poe2

[short lodge]

That's not stopping updates, that's them saying something and not doing it.

[lime crypt]

anyone knows why fubgun in his abyss strat video said that you don't need to collect all altars before starting the abyss?

altars doing no effect to abyss chests?

[rose dragon]

Altars Got nerfed quite a tad

So makes less sense wasting time collecting them upfront

Instead of picking them as you go for more maps/h = divs/h

[agile hemlock]

I dropped them entirely from my budget harvest, rushing directly to Merc and harvest is overall more effective.

[scarlet sun]

first map of the day going great

[wispy spoke]

What’s the deal with the memory maps, I beat the boss guy and red petals float around my atlas, not sure what the memory strand gear does, anyone can explain or possibly link something?

[frosty thicket]

Petals are lore related

The strands make it so every time you craft the mods have the potential to be higher tier and some are consumed

[silk storm]

whats the ratio for divine orb to chaos orb?

[agile hemlock]

210 last I checked, fluctuates a bit over time

[storm creek]

is the fastest way to find memory threads to just run t14+ white maps until you find one?

[unborn osprey]

Is that good or bad ? DOn't see anything like that on poe trade

[sonic stirrup]

Kinda eh
The str is good, but that's only at most like 2.5 mods
Chaos res is also good, but more like 1.5 mods
So you basically have a 4 mod ring worth of stats, that will cost you max mana. Which while not a big problem, can be something that needs dealing with if you're already on a tight mana budget.

Doesn't hurt to try to sell

A str stacker might pay a premium for it, or there might be better options

[past ocean]

what is Devotion? I try googling it but just get the skill tree nod

[sonic stirrup]

It's granted by the same item

To passives in radius

[past ocean]

Oki. i just see manny vortexs build is using it

[misty star]

Anyone want to run maps

[gray compass]

Mfw i've been using inspiriation on my coc eb inquis and this entire time it was doing nothing because im using blood magic

i love myself

clearly i have been brainmaxxing

[dusky basin]

which one of these can i buy carries to unlock

[serene nymph]

any cool non-minion build i can make using svalinn?

[swift mango]

Hey all
I have Whisper of Doom annointed. If I apply 1 curse and my Merc the other will they stack or overwrite each other?

[sterile brook]

Your mercenary won't apply a curse if the monster already has a curse

So if you have two total curses you want to apply, one held by you and one by the Merc, either you need to wait for your mercenary to curse, then curse yourself (while you have a 2-curse limit), or more conveniently, give the mercenary whispers of doom and curse yourself when you see a big target, and let the mercenary curse on their own time

E: This info is outdated

Whoever applies the curse last needs the +1 curse maximum. Usually that will be your mercenary

E: This is outdated info, if two players both curse and one has a two-curse limit, you can both apply one curse, and the 1-curse-limit player won't take the monster down from 2 to 1

[swift mango]

What a great answer. Tyvm 🙂

On another note, is the nameless ritual spawn chance nerfed? Seem to be getting it WAY less than last patch.

[abstract onyx]

am I ready for the 3rd lab? can link poe ninja

[sonic stirrup]

well, what

I feel like there's at least one misunderstanding here

Merc AI, as far as I understand it, won't try to target enemies (with their curse skill), that are already cursed. This is only relevant if the Merc has a Curse Skill

As for curse limit, there is no concern for order of who curses first or last, so long as one person doesn't exceed their own curse limit, and while the total curses on the monster don't exceed the highest curse limit of anyone cursing

(though if you have three entities cursing it could get complicated)

A mercenary will apply a curse that removes a curse, if they're using a curse on hit item and there isn't enough curse limit for the curse

[sonic field]

3rd lab is often done as soon as its unlocked

[sonic stirrup]

they cannot overwrite each other, but if it's a curse granted by a skill, I've heard the merc AI might not target cursed enemies with that skill, but as far as I understand, that doesn't seem to be related to who has a higher curse limit

[sonic stirrup]

and just to clarify, this is entirely false.

[sonic field]

mercs just dont cast curses on cursed targets

thats all

[swift mango]

But if the merc got a curse on hit ring for example and I use Asenaths they will overwrite each other all the time right?

[sonic stirrup]

assuming neither of you have "can apply an additional curse", yes

[swift mango]

But what if I have the additional curse? (got whispers)

[sonic stirrup]

as I said, it'll be fine

[swift mango]

Alright I didn't understand it then.. Hmm ty

[abstract onyx]

FUCKKK

[sonic stirrup]

.

[abstract onyx]

how I died in like 1 sec?

[sonic stirrup]

well

[abstract onyx]

this game is broken

[sonic stirrup]

hard to say without seeing any enemies

not really

1 sec is also a lot of time

[abstract onyx]

yes really

[sonic stirrup]

if you want help you list useful information

[abstract onyx]

I pressed flasks and all

[sonic stirrup]

like your profile and what killed you

[sonic field]

lab is far from hard so i need to see your stuff

[toxic tinsel]

im guessing the darts

[abstract onyx]

this is bullshit

oh darts

devs remove the darts pls

[sterile brook]

Hmm. I could be mistaken, this is how I learned how curses worked quite a while ago. Do you have a source for that?

I've seen this quote repeated several times in this discord and on reddit

Player A has a curse limit of two and Player B has a curse limit of one. Every time Player B casts a curse on an enemy after Player A, he replaces both curses because he reduces the limit from two to one.
#1┃general message

Clearly if you are at a one curse limit, whomever curses last replaces the only curse on the monster, but if one player has one and one has two, and the two-player curser goes first, that could be different

I do see comments saying this may be outdated info

[sonic stirrup]

my source is I play almost exclusively duo where only one of us gets curse limit, but both have at least one curse, and I have also gone out of my way to test to be sure that it's fine while actually looking at the curse symbols

I don't know if it worked differently 5 years ago

It has been this way for at least 2 years

The wiki also currently does agree with me

There's nothing about it in the curse page version history

[sterile brook]

I just tested it myself, you're right

1. Mercenary applies elemental weakness
2. Mercenary curses with flammability via curse on hit
3. I curse manually. Still two curses, but one was swapped out

[sonic stirrup]

yea

[sterile brook]

Thanks for the note then, guess I need to update my info

[sonic stirrup]

You're welcome

[abstract onyx]

how do I get these contracts?

[sonic stirrup]

if you're looking at the right side of the heist locker

then you're not looking at contracts

you're looking at blueprints

you can get them from smuggler's caches, but more rarely than contracts

I think they're also just a random drop like contracts but I forgot

[abstract onyx]

ok thanks

any updates on darts being removed from 3rd lab?

[sterile brook]

One last note on curses for my curiosity, Looks like the wiki was updated in 2022 to reflect the current state of things. The wiki comment note says in 3.3.1 the ``he replaces both curses because he reduces the limit from two to one.` logic was verified, and the new wording was tested in 3.16 replacing it.

https://www.poewiki.net/index.php?title=Curse&diff=1138232&oldid=1136239

Considering 3.16 had a big patch for nerfing curse supports, and buffing 1-2 curse players/parties, I expect that it was then

[sonic stirrup]

I like that you went digging.

Could also have been changed earlier and people just didn't bother to check

But it could've been then

Or maybe it was always different, but probably not, as it's quite easy to verify

[agile hemlock]

later steps of the quest are

[static geyser]

17m shipment if anyone is curious

was hoping for 2 shards

[mossy matrix]

we are not going to have fixes? I am a bit tired to crash each time in chamber of impurity boss toom

[floral drum]

back to the beach

[floral drum]

where mirror shard

[static geyser]

for me it's not a crash, just a complete freeze for a good 30 seconds and then pray you're still alive when it resumes since you cant paus with ESC

[static geyser]

right there

[mossy matrix]

it is freeze and crash in the end

[static geyser]

i manage to avoid crash somehow

[mossy matrix]

my game just crashes

but only in the first encounter

[floral drum]

oooooooooh nice nice gz!

[mossy matrix]

after relogin no freezes

[static geyser]

also a 7div tattoo

and a 3div tattoo

[mossy matrix]

but lack of patches is sad

[left cape]

I sincerely hope this risk meta dies next league

[floral drum]

damn

[floral drum]

they are doing the best they can

[jovial thunder]

so how do i sell this temple, obviously i want money for both of it, but listing it as price sum doesnt find a buyer cause thats not how ppl filter

[sonic stirrup]

occasionally someone might need both

I'd probably just check what others are selling for

you could also consider using it yourself

though that'd be pure gambling

[jovial thunder]

yea i dont gamble much anymore ^^

thanks for advice tho, guess you lose a good amount of money stacking both in 1 temple TIL

[sonic stirrup]

if you want to annoy people you can ask people buying temples if they'd be interested in a bargain for one with both rooms

well, not really a loss of money

I'm sure you can still sell them for at least a bit higher

You're welcome

[brave marsh]

There are people who'll defo buy it for more than price of 1 room

Just won't expect it to go like hotcakes like normal temples

[storm ocean]

if i get carried through uber lab on my twink will i get all ascendency points or do i have to go through all 4 labs ?

[sonic stirrup]

you cannot enter the second lab without clearing the first

and so on

[queen tiger]

guys someone knows if the mercenaries with prismplate are bugged? I have one but he doesn't want to apply the buff on me

[lone gorge]

has anyone noticed that breach and deli mirror mobs drop pretty much nothing since the patch?

[blissful onyx]

Mine are dropping stuff fine. You sure you didn’t hide loot on accident?

[lone gorge]

no, i just farmed 30 simulacrums on t16.5 maps and the only high currency i got was a valdos box

with this sample size its impossible to be a luck thing

when before the patch i got a divine every map or 2

[barren silo]

yo guys how can i make my merc more tanky? prolly can't afford to get recoup life rn

[gray compass]

defiance of destiny but you'll be sacrificing perquil's dmg buff

but dmg recoup is a massive buff

these helmet mods are pretty decent too

life regen/stacking max life is helpfull too

[stoic tinsel]

best game ever

[zenith coral]

why does my 12k ES trickster with 0 defenses take no damage and my 7k RF chieftain with 90% mitigation and 90% resists falls overlike a naked bean?

[stiff whale]

Hes anyone else gotten stupidly unlucky with finding Eagon lately? Like 150+ T16 / T16.5 / T17 maps with the Memory Tear atlas passives allocated, and havent seen him

[rocky nebula]

Trickster is easy mode POE, with lots of damage avoidance and recovery

[fiery sail]

i got my first mirror earlier doing tujen lmao (dont mind the activate windows im broke)

i havent even reached my "late game" on this character yet

lvl87 pconc

[unborn osprey]

Gratz! Just this basic attack on l-click hurts my eyes

[fiery sail]

thankss. also, i dont use my l-click XD

[unborn osprey]

What u move with then ?

[fiery sail]

right click hahahahahah

[unborn osprey]

Now i made a closeup of photo xD

Fair

[covert path]

anyone know whats the minimum level for 5 way carries?

[unborn osprey]

Just so u can survive, capped chaos res and 3.5k, ale reses are delivered by aura bot

usually ppl have at least lvl 70

ele reses*

[violet nymph]

Reading discord gives me fomo

Really gotta stop that

[earnest pond]

me hoping someone generous is out there

[sonic field]

had that up since the start of the league

[earnest pond]

lmao

how many divines do you have now 👀

[sonic field]

from this? 0

[earnest pond]

no I mean all

[sonic field]

uh

total I've had like 70 prob

[earnest pond]

damn rich

[sonic field]

but i havent been playing since 3rd cuz im on a festival in portugal

[earnest pond]

I think I started on the 3rd DX

[near phoenix]

Where can I find good farming strategies? Besides maxroll ig

[earnest pond]

on yt

I have a link i'd like to send to a video with 15 different strats but idk if that's allowed in this chat 👀

[floral drum]

damn, serves are still poopoo?

[languid prism]

trying to trade for an item i need is a pain in the ass, im either ignored or they never notice

[floral drum]

ye its getting worse over time

does anyone know which server is the most stable? i wanna run my invitations and i dont want to crash

[drifting crown]

I'm using Washington lately, no crashes

[languid prism]

mainly because i need a unique weapon that i doubt anyone has

[brave marsh]

Try adding a zero to the listed price

[rose dragon]

Well contact not underpriced offers

[dusk geyser]

Can you throw the link into my DMs as well pls

[spiral ice]

wtf is river and why someone just entered there on hc?

[earnest pond]

it seems it's an undropable map?

[spiral ice]

hmmm

[earnest pond]

maybe got into it from a quest

Kirac mission***

[orchid tinsel]

what level auras do Mercs give?

[spiral ice]

idk, but 83->84 get +1 level everyone claims, i saw few times people actually say that how it works

[orchid tinsel]

probably a valdo's

iirc every single one of those gets a notification

[orchid tinsel]

ty

[earnest pond]

I think it's near max level

bcs my determination aura (lvl 20) only gives 900 more than my merc's determ

[orchid tinsel]

what level is your merc?

[earnest pond]

71

[spiral ice]

if you know what is your %armor we can actually calculate

[orchid tinsel]

level 20 determinination is 49% more 1026 flat

[spiral ice]

i have level 74 merc with envy and power of 74 and 77 is same, cos i downleveled for second aura but flat chaos dmg on me didnt change